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Scotland under-20 and Ayr played a very close match at Millbrae tonight with the hosts just coming out on top.

RBS Premier Division league leaders, Ayr managed to create a 14-0 lead at half-time before advancing to 21-0 just shy of 60 minutes. However, a ten minute flurry from the national youngsters, in the dying minutes, saw them click into shape and finally capitalise on their high percentage of possession. The game ended 19-21.

Crossing the whitewash for Scotland under-20 was lock Adam Sinclair, winger JJ Kilmartin – who scored from his own chip – and stand-off Alex Hagart who was on the shoulder of another Kilmartin break that covered around 60 metres. Hagart converted two of the tries.

Scotland under-20 head coach, Sean Lineen, said: “First of all thank you very much to Ayr for welcoming us to Millbrae and putting out a full squad.

“This was our first game together and the players showed a really good team spirit and will take away a number of lessons from this match.

“We had the majority of the ball but we didn’t convert pressure into points at times and basic errors led to Ayr scoring on a number of occasions. That will be an important lesson to learn, how easily you can be punished.

“We did score some good tries though and every player put their hand-up for selection, for the next camp. They have given us, the coaches, a hard job because they have a lot of energy and want to be involved.”